Peanut butter snowballs recipe

Peanut Butter Snowballs

Makes 2 dozen

Ingredients:

1 cup confectioners' sugar

1/2 cup creamy natural peanut butter, stirred well

2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened at room temperature

16 ounces white confectionary coating or white almond bark coating

Directions:

1. Line a baking sheet with wax paper. In a medium-sized bowl, combine sugar, peanut butter and butter.

2. Shape mixture into 24 (1-inch) balls. Place on the baking sheet. Chill for 30 minutes or until firm.

3. Meanwhile, place white candy coating in a double boiler (or in a heat-safe bowl over a pot of water at a low boil). Stir until melted and smooth. Remove from heat.

4. Place peanut butter balls on a candy dipping fork or regular fork and dip into warm candy coating. When each ball is covered, transfer to baking sheet and allow to harden.

Snowball variations:

• Substitute white confectionary coating with dark or milk chocolate chips.
• Replace creamy peanut butter with crunchy peanut butter.
• Use almond butter, cashew butter or another nut butter instead of peanut butter.
• Add cocoa powder to the peanut butter mixture before rolling into balls.
• Stir minced candied ginger into the peanut butter mixture before rolling into balls.
• Sprinkle snowballs with shredded coconut while the candy coating is setting up.
• Dust snowballs with ground cinnamon, chili powder or cocoa while candy coating is setting up.
• Decorate with sprinkles, edible glitter, finely chopped nuts, or crushed candy cane while candy coating is setting up.

Add a few drops of natural food color to the melted confectionary coating.?

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